This is a murder-mystery with the feeling of noir mixed with the hopeful feeling of comics. This may be the only crime book I’ve ever hugged to my chest when I finished reading it. I recently curled up with Secret Identity by Alex Segura, and I’m so glad that I did. Cuban American Carmen Valdez moved from I have been treating myself, when I can, to 2022 galleys of books I am so excited for. But the heart of this book is a young woman trying to make it in a world deliberately not designed for her. I have been treating myself, when I can, to 2022 galleys of books I am so excited for. As a bonus, the comics throughout the novel were a really special extra touch that took the book to the next level. And hoping too that some of my favorite supporting characters would escape unscathed. I was rooting for her all the way through to have her dreams come true and to solve the mysteries. Carmen Valdez is such an appealing hero, someone I almost wish I could hang out with. But what really makes this book so stellar are the characters.
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And Segura makes great use of his professional experience and love of comics to sprinkle little Easter eggs throughout. There's a little something for everyone: mystery lovers, fans of classic comics, readers who loved Kavalier and Clay. I was rooting for Absolutely loved this new page-turner from Alex Segura.
But that’s complicated by a surprise visitor from her home in Miami, a tenacious cop who is piecing everything together too quickly for Carmen, and the tangled web of secrets and resentments among the passionate eccentrics who write comics for a living.Īlex Segura uses his expertise as a comics creator as well as his unabashed love of noir fiction to create a truly one-of-a-kind novel-hard-edged and bright-eyed, gritty and dangerous, and utterly absorbing.moreĪbsolutely loved this new page-turner from Alex Segura.
Carmen is desperate to piece together what happened to him, to hang on to her piece of the Lynx, which turns out to be a runaway hit. And then he’s found dead, with all of their scripts turned into the publisher without her name. But her colleague is acting strangely and asking to keep her involvement a secret. That dream is nearly a reality when one of the Triumph writers enlists her help to create a new character, which they call “The Lethal Lynx,” Triumph's first female hero. Carmen is tantalizingly close to fulfilling her dream of writing a superhero book. She’s an assistant at Triumph Comics, which doesn’t have the creative zeal of Marvel nor the buttoned-up efficiency of DC, but it doesn’t matter. It’s 1975 and the comic book industry is struggling, but Carmen Valdez doesn’t care. Carmen is tan From Anthony Award-winning writer Alex Segura comes Secret Identity, a rollicking literary mystery set in the world of comic books. From Anthony Award-winning writer Alex Segura comes Secret Identity, a rollicking literary mystery set in the world of comic books.
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